Yaru Fu currently serves as an Associate Professor and Head of the Centre for Research in Advanced Network Technologies (CRANT) at Hong Kong Metropolitan University, Hong Kong, China. She earned her Ph.D. from the Department of Electronic Engineering at the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, in 2018. Her primary research interests include B5G/6G technologies, digital twins, and machine learning. She has authored over 100 papers in prestigious IEEE journals and conferences. Dr. Fu is on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and Networking, IEEE Open Journal of the Communications Society, IEEE Internet of Things Journal, IEEE Wireless Communications Letter, and IEEE Networking Letter. In recognition of her contributions, Dr. Fu received the IEEE WCL Best Editor Award in 2021, the IEEE Transactions on Communications Exemplary Reviewer Award in 2022, the President's Award of Hong Kong Metropolitan University (the sole recipient) in 2023, and the IEEE Global Communications Conference (GLOBECOM) Best Paper Award in 2024. She was also honored with the 2023 and 2024 World’s Top 2% Scientists ranking by Stanford University. Furthermore, Dr. Fu has held positions such as Track Chair, Workshop Chair, Tutorial Leading Speaker, and Technical Program Committee Member for various IEEE leading conferences, including IEEE ICC, WCNC, VTC, WF-IoT, and GLOBECOM.